fatal dose

Frequency: 6.06.5 per million words

An amount of a substance large enough to cause death.

doseADJECTIVE + dose

Categories:

fatal

Examples (10)

  • The coroner confirmed that the cause of death was a fatal dose of heroin.
  • Even a small amount of this chemical can be a fatal dose for a child.
  • The toxicology report is needed to determine the exact fatal dose he ingested.
  • She accidentally administered a fatal dose of the wrong medication to her pet.
  • In the movie, the villain's plan involved releasing a fatal dose of a nerve agent.
  • Researchers are working to calculate the minimum fatal dose of the new synthetic drug.
  • Exposed to what was believed to be a fatal dose of radiation, he surprisingly survived.
  • It is a tragedy when a simple miscalculation leads to a fatal dose.
  • The instructions explicitly warn against exceeding what could become a fatal dose.
  • A fatal dose can vary greatly from person to person depending on their body weight and tolerance.